Transfer tool for paper files



B. F. MERRITT.

I TRANSFER TooLfR PAPER mss. APPLICATION FILED NOV- 22, |920.

1,420,050.` Pmmuunezo., m2.

BENJ'A'MIN E. rIERRITT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSGNOR TO WESTERN ELECTRC COMPANY, INCORPORTEE, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OTE NEW YORK.

TRANSFER TOOL FOR PAPER FILES.

Application led November' 22, 1920.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be' it known that BENJAMIN l?. MER- nrr'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at blast Orange, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Transfer Tools for Paper Files, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in filing implements and more particularly to what may be termed transfer or removing tools which are to be used inconjunction with paper or letter files employing Wire or spike paper fasteners as the securing means for the letters or papers.

lThe primary object of the present invention is to produceV transfer tools which serve as a means for quickly and easily giving acte any desired part of a letter or paper iile for the transfer of a desired paper to or from the file and at the same time to so construct the tools that they are durable, cheap to manufacture and Will not injure the iile by their use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in detail in the following specification and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

ln the accompanying drawings whichy illustrate one embodiment of the invention.

Fig. l illustrates a fragmentary part of a paper tile showing the improved transfer tools in use.

`l`ig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the transfer tools.

In the drawings the improved transfer tools are shown as applied to a letter file which comprises a binder 5, provided With two spiked fastenings 6, upon Which the papers 7, perforated at 8, are threaded. When the lile is in its closed position a retaining flap 9 is passed over the fastenings 6 and the said fastenings bent down against it for securing the paper 7 and flap 9 in place. This type of file is of the Well-known Shipman type but it is to be understood that the im- Specieaton of Letters Patent.

Fatented June 20, 11S-lh,

serial No. 425,767.

proved transfer tools, hereinafter described, may be used with any iile employing spike securing means.

The transfer tools embodying the invention comprise open-ended tubular members l0 carrying` on one end an annular shaped head portion il, the end of the tubular meniber being slightly bevelled at l2.

In using the transfer tools, after the file is opened and the securing spikes straightened, one tool is passed over the protruding end of each spike and forced down through the aligned openings in the papers threaded upon the spikes, the bevelled ends of the tools serving to render the passage of the tools easy so that they may be used Awithout injuring the papers. Each tool may be forced downwardly until its annular head is in contact with the uppermost paper in the file, the end of the securing spike passing through the open upper end of the tubular shank. The desired paper is selected and all those papers above it are lifted from ie file, being held upon the shanlrs of the ransfer tools. After the selected paper has een removed or a paper inserted, whichever trie case may be, the papers upon the transer tools may be readily returned to the file by inserting the transfer tools over the securing spikes, after Which, the transfer tools may be withdrawn.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a paper file employing a spike fastening device, of a transfer tool, comprising a tubular body portion open at each end to receive the said spike fastening device, and. a fiat head member to engage the uppermost paper in the file the lower end of the tubular body portion being tapered to assist the passage of the tool through the aligned perforations in the papers Within the ile.

in Witness whereof, l hereunto subscribe my name this 19th day of November A. D., 1920.

BENJAMN F. MERRTT. 

